The Queen of Posing: Coco Rocha

Coco Rocha was born on September 10, 1988. Her family named her Mikhaila Rocha. Coco is a Canadian fashion model. Her family is in the airline industry. Her mother, Juanita, is a flight attendant and her father, Trevor Haines, is a ticket manager. Coco has one sister named Lynsey and one brother named Greg Morandin.

Coco was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and moved to Richmond and attended McRoberts secondary school, British Columbia at a very young age. She is of Irish, Russian, and Welsh descent. Some of Coco’s friends are Heidi Klum and Behati Prinsloo. Coco loves and dances the Irish Dance.

In 2002, Coco, when she spotted by a modeling agent; Charles Stuart at an IrishDance Competition at age 14. Charles approached Coco and asked her if she would consider modeling for him. At that point, she had never thought of modeling before. Soon after Coco was on the cover of the March 2006 issue of Vogue Italia and so began her meteoric rise into fashion.

Coco is one of the few models who have spoken out against the prevalence of Eating Disorders in the modeling industry. Coco married James Conran on June 9, 2010. Her wedding dress was designed by Zac Posen her friend. Coco isn’t just a model but she is one of the famous, coolest and high fashioned super models ever.